Sunday, March 21, 2010

How to Make a Compact with the Devil

Devil Sooty! (With a little help from Paint)Image by Sapphiren via Flickr

Advertising agency: eighty-five percent confusion and fifteen percent commission.Fred Allen

In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. – Sir William Osler

To sell something, tell a woman it’s a bargain; tell a man it’s deductable. – Earl Wilson

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce. – Henry Ward Beecher

I am the world’s worst salesman; therefore I must make it easy for people to buy. – Frank W. Woolsworth

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. – H.L. Mencken

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person see him, and each man as he really is. – William James



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